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Jason Wallace (born 1969) is an author living in South West London. He is the author of Out of Shadows, the 2010 Costa Children's Book of the Year. Early life and education Jason Wallace was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South West England. He is a descendant of Lord George Sanger, a world-famous Victorian circus owner and an International English cricketer. Wallace is also loosely related (through a marriage in the family tree) to J.R.R. Tolkien. Jason lived in London, England in his younger years with his family before attending Peterhouse Boys' School, a boarding school in 1983 in Zimbabwe. The family emigrated after his mother remarried. At the age of seventeen, he aspired for a career as an author and was determined despite knowing how that it would be challenging. Wallace was a fan of comic books such as The Adventures of Tintin and Asterix and authors including Dr.Seuss and Richard Scarry. In his childhood, among some of his favorite books were James and the Giant Peach and Danny the Champion of the World. In his adolescent and adult life, he was a fan of Stephen King and James Herbert. His experiences in a Zimbabwean boarding school following the Zimbabwe War of Liberation / Rhodesian Bush War laid the building blocks of his first, Costa Children's Book Award winning novel Out of Shadows. Career Jason Wallace had a challenging journey to becoming a published author. He stated that "getting published didn't happen overnight, and writing had to become "the other job" for which I didn't get paid while life continued." Wallace says he has "always had a fertile imagination, but as far as I'm concerned, it's the school I need to thank for inadvertently nurturing my will to write through strong discipline". Out of Shadows Out of Shadows was published on January 28, 2010 by Andersen Press. The novel has received extensive recognition (international rights currently sold to the USA, Norway, Turkey, Brazil and France) and has established him as a successful published author. Out of Shadows took one year and six months to complete. While he attended a boarding school in Zimbabwe shortly after the Rhodesian Bush War/Zimbabwean War of Liberation ended, Jason Wallace wanted to write a story of what he had seen or experienced. The political scene in Zimbabwe was declining and troubled. This inspired Wallace to begin writing fictional stories of what he was encountering. Though the characters in the novel are not real, they served to demonstrate the attitudes or personalities "a very few people" held. Wallace notes that he "came up with the idea of "What if...?" and took it from there" when he was writing Out of Shadows. Wallace focused on several themes in the novel Out of Shadows such as bullying, racism, politics and morality. The book is written for both adults and a younger audience of 13+. Encounters Jason Wallace's second novel, Encounters, was published on May 4, 2017 by Andersen Press. The novel is set in Zimbabwe, inspired by true events in the 1990s. Personal life Wallace currently resides in South West London, England. Bibliography Out of Shadows (2010) Encounters (2017) Awards WINNER - Costa Children's Book of the Year 2010 - Costa Book Awards - "...a unanimous winner... A stunning debut novel without a false note. Accomplished and powerful, it changes the way you think." WINNER - the Branford Boase Award 2011 - Branford Boase Awards WINNER - the UKLA Children's Book Award 2011 - UKLA Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2011 - The CILIP Carnegie Children's Book Awards Shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize 2010 - Booktrust References External links Jason Wallace at Library of Congress Authorities — with 2 catalogue records. Discover the Jason Wallace popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Jason Wallace books.
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Goodbye Love
Jason WallaceI messed up with the girl of my dreamsAnd no matter what anyone else thinks or how it seemsI knew you were the one I wanted, the only oneThat's ever been so realI never meant to hu...
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Put Down This Drink
Jason Wallace PoetryTonight, I don't thinkThat I could put down my drinkAnd have to go back to thatLonely, lonesome homeWhere it all leaves me all aloneAnd there's no one there to hear me sayThat I wi...
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I Could Have Lied
Jason Wallace PoetryII could have liedAnd said that I'm alrightWhen you asked me how I wasEven though I triedI never could denyThat I never had enough
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Everything That You Are
Jason Wallace PoetryThe touch that makes me weakSoft skin on cheekEverything wonderfulWhen you're in my armsSo breathlessI have to fight to speakI love everything that you are
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All for You
Jason Wallace PoetryAll the times that I tried,I tried to doAnything, everything, any bit of bettering,And I’m withered, and I’m blistered, and I’m bleedingAll for you.
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Pushed Around
Jason Wallace PoetryAlong you go but can't seem to holdOnto the only thing you've ever knownBlinded by their lights that they burn your eyesActing likeThey never meantTo cause you pain, to cause disco...
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Before I Get Too Bad
Jason Wallace PoetryThe pain I've felt so longCould never have beenWithout reasonEvery bit of it could never be wrongBecause it's taught me whatTo really say and how to mean itYou're so good I can't b...
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Like Some Movie
Jason Wallace PoetryThis is all like some movie,Except nobody I know ever gets rich.They just deal with a lot of shit.All the liars, thieves, and hypocritesTake everything away,Or at least, most of it...
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Useless
Jason Wallace PoetryI'm sorry if...I was never there.But you never understoodThat I don't care!You're more than a thornIn my sideOr a scorn on my prideCausing pain inside.You're useless!So useless!
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Hang
Jason Wallace PoetryI...Don't want to hurt youBut I...Don't know how much I can careAll I doIs seem to curse youAnd I...Don't know if that's being fair
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Did You Imagine
Jason Wallace PoetryHand to faceAm I realNot at all the oneTaste, lipsFeelHoping for more... but noneDid you imagineWe could do this hereI'm no oneI'm just the man thatMade it clear that I want you cl...
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Miss Perfect, Never, Did
Jason Wallace PoetryShe's miss perfectPerfect for me in every wayBut I'm so concernedThat I no longer hear her sayShe wants me anymoreAnd I don't know what forI'm afraid
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Haunted Like This
Jason WallaceSome very haunting and disturbing poetic images from my sick and tortured mind.
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Lost It All
Jason Wallace PoetryI could be the one to cherish youTo always let you know I'm there for youTo be the rock to hold you upWhen you feel like you'll fallIf you're not afraid you'll failYou might find H...
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My Addiction
Jason Wallace PoetryShe will always be everything I want and everything I wish i could need.
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Dead Inside
Jason Wallace PoetryOnly nothingness exists, but I don't give a shit... too dead inside to care.
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Late to the Ball
Gerald MarzoratiAn awardwinning author attempts to become a nationally competitive tennis playerat the age of sixtyin this “soulful meditation on aging, companionship, and the power of selfimprove...
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I Am Still Lonely
Jason Wallace PoetryOne of the loneliest and darkest times of my life, demonstrating the emergence of the depths of the human soul, brought out in verse.
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A whole Lotta Beautiful... and Other Poems of Love
Jason WallaceI could ask you where you’ve beenMy whole lifeUntil this moment, now,But I won’t because I don’tCare – what, where,Or even how that led to thisOr what life used to hold.I could nev...
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Dreams Never Come True
Jason Wallace PoetryI used to think it was us.I used to think it was you.But now all I can thinkIs dreams never come true.Was it me, Baby?Was it no use?Is there a reasonDreams never come true?I can't ...
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I Would Move a Mountain
Jason Wallace PoetryI would move a mountainTo heal your pain.I would take it allAnd not complainIf it could be in that bed,So torn and afraid.We share someone,The one that took your nameAnd gave me li...
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Hopeless
Jason WallaceDisheartened, hardened heartacheDissipated, disillusioned, partly fakeTaking one day at a timeEnlightened yet so frightenedBy knowing nothing butInsanity plusMemories that get mixe...
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Evermore
Jason Wallace PoetryThe greatest love I have ever known, with or without me, love's brightest ray ever shoneWe may be togetherNever againBut I will love youEvermore
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Dead Inside, Deep Inside
Jason Wallace PoetryI'll be in a coffin sooner than I wanna beIf I don't get some shit to help me seeThe struggles I'm gonna see.I'm altering the free thingsThat are here for us all.Life is a strife t...
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Anymore
Jason Wallace PoetryAnymore,Are you lonely?Are you quietSince only the silenceKnows what you meantWhen you said what you meantAnd meant what you said.And I don't have a clueWhere you went...But I drea...
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You Never Respect Me
Jason Wallace PoetryAll thisMakes me sickSo much moan and pissLike I could ever give a shitEveryone everywhereIs always lookin at meThey stop and stareAnd then blow past meExcept all the onesI thought...
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Misery, Without Company
Jason WallaceThis is a short collection of poetic works.Here is a sample:I don’t mind that I’m forgotten lots of times,Spinning around without anyone to come to findA way to push me back to sto...
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Closer to the End
Jason Wallace PoetryYou ain't everGonna break my heart.You already took my pride.You lied to meFrom the startAnd stole everythingI had inside.I just wanna die.
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Empty and Broken
Jason Wallace PoetryEmpty and broken,Oscillating to answer toEverything everyone says of me,Demanding my attention,No careful condemnationErasing my innocenceInvasion of anythingI ever thought I'd be
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Dying
Jason Wallace PoetryI'll keep hangin onI won't let myselfBe a victim anymoreI don't careIf you forgive meYou can cause me painAt most, my blood will stainAnd scab, and it will healYou can't kill me!
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Tell Me Why
Jason Wallace PoetryYou meant more to meThan the ones before.Tell me why.You were no better than them,But I loved you more.Tell me why.I die day by day.Tell me why.I don’t mindThat you’re now away.Tel...
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Somewhat My Heart
Jason Wallace PoetryIn the place of our love,You filled in with hurt,Colored unimaginable ,Unfulfilled first,And I wasn't enough,And I knew that so muchI tried so hard to make it all workBut you went ...
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Hate Me
Jason WallaceHate meIf it makes you feel so goodSince I could never make youFeel anything elseHate me goodHate me nowIf it gives you some answer toSome question you’ve beenAsking yourself for s...
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I Know Not of Love
Jason Wallace PoetryYour dream of this creation called love is just the blinding nightmare you've convinced yourselves is there to bring hope.
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Again Alone
Jason Wallace PoetrySo aloneI'm turning to stoneThe blood in my veinsJust spilled on the groundAnd no one's aroundBut pain I causedFor us bothIt's a demon whose faceHas already shownI thought being gr...
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My Whole Life Through
Jason WallaceWhen you smile that smile,I nearly lose my mind.I can’t take the eyes off of youThat never thought they’d findSomeone that looks the way you do,Whose lips seem like they’reSweet to...
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Just a Few Love Poems
Jason Wallace PoetryI can't go on any longerWithout making amends.Are we still lovers,Or are we just friends?I apologize.I know that I've been wrong.If you could see my eyes,Would you seeThat our love...
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Why Did You Cry
Jason WallaceI gave a glimpse of forever.You took meRight at all of my words,But you weren’t worth the time andWorth all of the hurt.We were good togetherBut better apart,If that’s what you wan...
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Pain
Jason Wallace PoetryI thought I'd murder...Hurt her.I loved it.My first love first earnedI learned to not trust.I fd my lifeI nearly lost my lifeFor herFor her.Whenever I saw my fuse shorter...I tried...
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Confess
Jason WallaceWhat'd I doDo I deserveWhat I'm goin throughIt's almost made me dieFor feelings of lustI don't know whyI could betray her trustIs everything I ever told herJust a lieI confess I ca...
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Broken Angel
Jason Wallace PoetryI wish you could find the sameBecause in your brainYou seem to think that it's okTo leave someone hurting in such a wayBreaking hearts, tearing apartAll inclinationTo move past sen...
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Break Down N Die
Jason Wallace PoetryCould I still be a manIf all of this makes me cryMaybe I'm not doin all I canCuz maybeAll your promises were liesMaybe everythingWe thought we had is goneMaybe that's whyI wanna br...